Pokemon X and Pokemon Y are the next evolution of the Pokemon world, coming to 3DS October 2013

Good morning, everyone! I hope the wait wasn't too excruciating. I'm excited to reveal the announcement of Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, two new evolutions in the Pokemon franchise coming to the 3DS worldwide in October 2013. Yes, worldwide! Pokemon's first global release. "Your new 3D Pokemon adventure is about to begin."

After spending a majority of the Pokemon Direct event talking about this history of the Pokemon franchise, from Pokemon Red and Green to Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon White Version 2, Nintendo President Iwata ended with a bang. "Take a look at the next evolution of the Pokemon world in this video." The following trailer showcased the brand new games, replete with upgraded visuals, the new boy main character, three Pokemon starters, and two new legendaries.

While President Iwata was surprisingly vague about latest two Pokemon games, "new Pokemon" and "new features," the starting Pokemon were fully introduced. Say hello Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie. Naturally, they're all adorable and they're all "special" in their own way. Give them a look below.

Look forward to Pokemon X and Pokemon Y when the games are released globally in October 2013. "Your 3D Pokemon adventure is about to begin." If you missed the announcement, catch the full Pokemon Direct broadcast here or watch just the game trailer below.

I welcome the new models. It's about time we moved on to something else other than sprites. Although I did enjoy it, I wasn't fond of how the sprite work was zoomed in on your party Pokemon on Black/White and Black 2/White 2, it looked horrible.

I will miss the sprites as well. I'm not upset they went with 3D models, I was expecting it in fact, but Pokemon was one of the final bastions of old school designs in mainstream games and it's sad to see it go "modern".

Anyway, I'm very excited to see this news. I'm not particularly impressed with any of the starters, but that's not unusual for me. I'll probably go with the grass one for the first play-through, though that may change as other evolution or new pokemon are revealed. The Y legendary is freakin' awesome though. The X legendary looks like one of the three legendary things from B/W, so that's a bit disappointing. Either way, can't wait for October.

Every new generation of Pokemon look weird or "not like Pokemon" at first. You'll get use to them after seeing them so much.

I never got used to the trashbag pokemon, or the icecream cone one.

Hmm, the water type looks interesting tbh. I hope beyond all hope that they don't pull an oshawott on it. As in make the third evo go to four legs. That was pretty stupid tbh. They could make it like Croagunk.